Shloka 177
Adhyaya 70: आदिसर्गः—महत्-अहङ्कार-तन्मात्रा-भूतसृष्टिः, ब्रह्माण्डावरणम्, प्रजासर्गः, त्रिमूर्ति-शैवाधिष्ठानम्
Devanagari script
असृष्ट्वैव प्रजासर्गं प्रतिसर्गं गताः पुनः ततस्तेषु व्यतीतेषु ततो ऽन्यान् साधकान् सुतान्
Transliteration
asṛṣṭvaiva prajāsargaṃ pratisargaṃ gatāḥ punaḥ tatasteṣu vyatīteṣu tato 'nyān sādhakān sutān
Translation
प्रजासर्गं न सृष्ट्वैव ते पुनः प्रतिसर्गचक्रं गताः। तेषु व्यतीतेषु ततः स अन्यान् साधकान् सुतान् सृष्टवान्, सृष्टिकार्ये योग्यांश्च।
Word by Word
asṛṣṭvā evawithout creating at all
asṛṣṭvā eva:
prajā-sargamthe generation/creation of progeny and beings
prajā-sargam:
pratisargamre-creation after dissolution (cosmic reset)
pratisargam:
gatāḥ punaḥwent/returned again
gatāḥ punaḥ:
tataḥthereafter
tataḥ:
teṣuin those (cycles/periods)
teṣu:
vyatīteṣuwhen they had elapsed/passed
vyatīteṣu:
tataḥ anyānthen others
tataḥ anyān:
sādhakānaccomplished practitioners/adepts
sādhakān:
sutānsons/emanated progeny
sutān:
Speaker
Suta Goswami (narrating the cosmological account to the sages of Naimisharanya)